Arnav Sahu: Partner at Peak XV & Ex-YC Growth Scaling Global Startups

Arnav Sahu is a Partner at Peak XV Partners (fka Sequoia India). ~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Verivend. If you’re a GP or LP looking to simplify the capital raising and deployment process, Verivend is here to help. Trusted by over 800 funds and managing more than $2 billion in transactions, Verivend offers a secure, streamlined payments platform designed specifically for private capital markets. Say goodbye to manual reconciliation and repeated follow-ups - raise and deploy capital faster and with greater transparency. Ready to make your fund operations smoother? Visit Verivend.com and see how easy it can be.~~~~~Prior to that, he was a Principal at Y Combinator. YC is a leading startup accelerator and venture capital firm with a combined portfolio valuation of over $750 billion (some of their most successful investments include OpenAI, Coinbase, Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash). He partnered with and invested in several successful startups such as Scale AI, Replicate, Luminai, Vanta, Rippling, PostHog, Fivetran, Mattermost, Salt Security, BuildBuddy, Stoke Space, Zepto, Secoda, Aquarium Learning, and Pylon. Previously, Arnav was an investor at Spark Capital. Prior to that, he worked at Cisco and AppDynamics, and was an investor at Blackstone, one of the most successful investment firms in history. Arnav graduated from Cornell University and grew up in India.Topics: What separates YC alumni that go on to unicorn status vs those that don'tNext big AI opportunitiesHow AI founders think about moats and defensibility differently#VentureCapital #YCombinator #PeakXV #AIInvesting #SeedStage